N.Y. and N.J. Say Some Ebola Workers Can Be Quarantined at Home
Amid criticism over their implementation of a mandatory 21-day isolation period for returning aid workers who had contact with Ebola patients in West Africa, the governors of New York and New Jersey said Sunday that residents who do not show symptoms can serve the quarantine period at home, The New York Times and the Associated Press write.
With Patron’s Death, Growth in Store for Scaife Foundations
Three philanthropic entities long led by the late Richard Mellon Scaife are due for major changes with the distribution of the billionaire media mogul’s estate, report the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Purpose Prize Honors Six Over 60 for Nonprofit Work
A technology executive and an engineer who launched charities after retirement will receive $100,000 each Tuesday as the top winners of the annual awards bestowed by Encore.org to recognize community-service work by older Americans, The New York Times reports.
Boston Colleges Paying Less Than City Seeks for Services
Most of Boston’s biggest institutions of higher learning contributed less than the city requested in payments in lieu of taxes for fiscal year 2014, but a majority of large nonprofit hospitals paid in full, according to a Boston Globe review.
Michigan State U. and Haverford College Receive $25-Million Gifts
Michigan State University announced a $25-million challenge grant Friday from billionaire alumni Eli and Edythe Broad to MSU’s college of business, MLive reports, and Haverford College outside Philadelphia received an equivalent gift Saturday from alumnus Howard Lutnick, head of financial firm Cantor Fitzgerald, writes The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Suspended Head of British Land-Mine Charity Resigns
The founder and CEO of the Halo Trust, a U.K.-based land-mine-clearance charity made famous by Princess Diana, has left the organization amid controversy over its payment of his children’s tuition at elite boarding schools, The Telegraph writes.
Q&A: Chris Hughes on Tech Entrepreneurs and Philanthropy
The Facebook co-founder and The New Republic publisher shares his thoughts on the importance of data, giving directly to people in need, and how nonprofits can do better.
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Wage Push for Disabled Worries Charities and Splits Activists
Federal efforts to dismantle regulations allowing employers to pay sub-minimum wages to disabled people are dividing disability advocates, with some arguing for greater pay equity and others raising concerns that higher labor costs will force layoffs at the charities that provide most such jobs, Bloomberg reports.
Munger Says His Gift to UCSB Worth Near $65-Million
The stock donation from Berkshire Hathaway executive Charles Munger—previously reported to total $20.7-million—will be used to build a residence hall for scientists visiting the university’s Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, The New York Times and campus newspaper The Daily Nexus report.
Judge Rejects Mass. Suit on Nonprofits’ Foreclosed-Home Sales
A U.S. District judge has dismissed Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley’s lawsuit challenging federal mortgage agencies’ refusal to sell foreclosed homes to nonprofits that want to return them to the previous owners, reports The Boston Globe.